Method of packing doors, frames, and the like



H. B. WALTER METHOD PACKING DOORS, FRAMES, AND THE LIKE Filed July 26, 1926 Z-Sheets-Sheet 1 915070.79? Walter 6; Q

Patented July 10, 1928.,

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IIAREIso'n WALTER, or oI IcAGo, ILLINoIs AssIeNoR, BY MEsnE Ass'IeIv'MEN'rs, ro CONTAINER CORPORATION OF AMERICA, 0 CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A consona- TION 0E DELAWARE.

METHOD oE PACKING noons, ERAMEs'AIIn TIIE ILIKE'Q 7 Application filed July as,

This invention relates to a novel and improved method for packing doors, sashes, frames and like articles, made usually of wood and of comparatively large size and consists in the matters hereinafter described and more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

Doors, sashes, wood made in a factory and shipped to the place of use, are generally crated or packed in wooden" crates or frames, which are not only expensive andtroublesome to make, but also add greatly to age, thereby increasing'the cost of shipping. In the modern development of the useof fibre board for shipping-cases, boxes and the like, there has been an attempt to obtainthe advantage in packing doors and the like in saving of cost of material and saving of weight to reduce the cost of shipping by the use of fibre board for such packing;but owing tothe great variety sizes required for such packing, the use of fibre board for such purpose has not made much headway.

The object of my invention is a method of wrapping and packing articles of thekind and a package to contain the same by means of which'it is possible to economically and advantageously use fibre board in packing sucharticles for shipment, with all the desired saving of cost and weight of material in the package and in the practice of which a. minimum number of blanks is required to provide packages to accommodate the necessary greatvariety in the dimensions of the said articles. The many advantages of the invention will appear more fully as I proceed with my specification. I

In order to illustrate the method I atv tach hereto drawings showing theforms of blanks used and the different steps followed in carrying on the improved method of packing. connection with the packing ofthe' ordinary wood doors; but it will be understood that the method is applicable to other articles of thekind.

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Figure 1 is a view representing in per spective two doors,:one laid upon the other to represent an assembly of doorsto be packed;

frames and like articles of the, weightpf the packto provide I have illustratedthe method in 1926. serial No. 124,998.

Figure'Q is aperspective view representlng thedoors of Figure 1 as they appear when enclosed two of the blanks used in carrying out the. method.

'Flgure 3 1s a new representing a transverse sec-tion; through Figure 2 with the thickness and spacing of the parts exaggerated for purposes of illustration. Figure t is a perspective view representing one end of the package in the next stage of the packing process, in which the ends of the package are provided.

Figure 5 1 I r I '05 s a view similar toFigure 1' showing thefirst step of closing the end of I the package and Figure 6 is a of the package finally closed. I

Figure 7 is a perspective View showing the completed package with the addition of end and intermediate binders which complete the package ready for shipment. Figure 8 is a perspective view showing the different elements or blanks which go to form the package. I I r 1 Figures 9. and 10 are transverse. sections through the package similar to Figure 3 illustrating the methodf'of folding the main like view showing the end 7 p v 7O body blanks when the package contains more 9 than two doors, namely six doors in Figure 9 and three doors in Figure 10. i V I Figures 11 and 12 are edge elevations illustrating the positions occupied by themainv blanks of thie'package in thecase 'of doors ofdifferent lengths. I

In carrying out the improved method I there are provided and sent to the packer four pieces or blanks :two main blanks 13, 13 (see Figure. 8) and two end; or cap blanks 14, 14, one for each end of'the pack fl These are cut and sent to theshipper at. i

In Figure 8 they 'aresh'ownl in the form which they are made to assume'in the hands of the packer, who makes the pack age in the manner now to be d'escribedybut it; s to be understood that when sent to him they are fiat'and without any bends or creases, except fth ejscore mark hereafter mentioned in the blanks 1 1.

In making the each of the two main: blanks 13, 13 and first,

knowing the width of the, doorefor'me a crease 16 (s ee Figure 8') running length the blast to provide a ease-l 17 areas:

package, thepacker takes 1 tially of the width of the doors constituting the, package. Next he forms. a crease 18 running parallel to the crease 16, providing between the crease lines 16 and 18 a narrow panel 19 which is equal to the thickness or depth otthe package to be made. This depends upon the number of doors to be included in the package,inthe case assumed and shown in Figure 2, two doors. This leaves a panel 20 beyond the crease line 18. These crease lines may be formed in any con venient way, but. are readily and quickly provided by means of a hand creasing device shown in an application executed of even date herewith, which includes a gauge by means of which the crease lines may be properly spaced'and formed in rapid succession.

Having creased each of the main blanks 13 in the mannerdescribed, the assembly of doors is laid upon the main panel 17 of the one main blank 13 (see Figure 3) and the panel 19 thereoi is brought. up'along the edge ot the two doors and the panel 20 is laid upon the top side of the top door. The other or second main blank 13 is similarly applied. The panel 17 of the second blank is laid upon the top of the package and over the panel 20 of the first blank 13; its panel 19 is brought down against the other edge Off the door package; and its panel 20 is inserted between the bottom of the door packand above the panel 17 of the first blank. This produces the result as pictured in section in Figure 3 and in perspective in Figure 2, wherein the package of two doors is completely enclosed except at the ends.

A metal strap or other binder 21 is then bound and drawn forcibly about the package intermediate its ends and the ends of the strap are sealed together in'any familiar manner. i

r The package of doors as shown in Figures 2 and also 11 and 12 extends somewhat be-' yond the ends of these main blanks. Upon this point it is simply necessary to note that the general run of doors of the kind vary 1n length from six to seven feet and that r by providing three different lengths of the main blanks 13, one for a short. length series, one for an intermediate length series, and one for the greatest length series, the blanks 13 will extend the fulllength of a door orwill extend nearly that length as shown in Figures 2, 11 and 12, so that substantially the length of the door package is covered by the length of the main blanks.

The blank for thecap or end closure of the package is a strip 14 adapted'to be wrapped transversely about the end margin of the package and overlapped upon itself as shown in Figure 1. It is comparatively narrow and has a score mark 14* running lengthwise of the strip midway of its sh orter dii'nension. The blank 1% is applied with a part 14f of its shorter dimension overlapping the ends of the main blanks 13 and a part 1 1 projecting beyond the ends of the doors. A strap or other binder 22 is then bound around the package adjacent the ends of the doors and sealed in any convenient manner as in the case of the middle binder 12. The blank 14; is then slit along the fold lines 15 beyond the ends of the doors, as illustrated in Figure 5. The severed parts 14 of the blank 1 1 are then folded down in overlapping relation against the ends of the doors and fixed in place by one or more tacks or nails as illustrated in Figure 6. The caps having been attached to both ends of the package in the manner described, the package is complete and ready for shipment.

As the doors vary in length, so also they vary in width. Also the depth or thickness of the package varies with the number of doors to be included in the package. Generally the number of doors in a package does not exceed six. I have found that three widths of the main blanks will accommodate all the regular \VICLLDS oi 'doors. And the blanks for any width of door which it is designed to accommodate will be made to properly enclose the package no matter how many doors are included, the width of the panel decreasing as the number of doors in the package increases. Thus in Figure the panel 20 is quite wide, whereas in Figure 9 said panel indicated at 20 is quite narrow, the package including six doors as against the two doors in Figure 3. In Figure 10 there is shown a package of three doors of greater width. The main blanks in all cases are always wide enough to provide apanel 20 of suflicient width to overlap one margin of the package and to overlie so as to be gripped by the margin of the main panel 17 of the other blank 13. V

The advantages, the simplicity and the speed of manipulation of the method herein described for packing doors and the like for shipment, will be manifest to those fa-' miliar with theart. Blanks provided for a minimum number of series of doors. of different lengths and widths are required to pack all doors or the like of the usual dimensions and, as hereinbefore pointed out, I have found that three different sizes of the main blanks will accommodateyin the case blanks, each of a length approximating the length of the doors to be included in a package and of a width exceeding the combined width of the widest door of a series and the depth of a package to contain the maximum number of doors of that series to be included, in creasing each blank to provide a plurality of panels running the length of the blank, one panel of the width of the doors to be included in a package, one, of the depth of the package, and a third panel to close one margin of the package, in wrapping said blanks about the package of doors in overlapped relation, in then closing each end of the package by a strip which is wrapped about the said end and overlapped upon itself, said strip being overlapped on one side on the end of the main blanks and on the other side extending beyond the end of the package, and in then slitting said strip beyond the doors, folding the severed parts of said strip into overlapping relation against the ends ofthe doors and securing them in such overlapped relation against the l ends of the package of doors.

2. The method of packing doors, and the like, which consists in providing two main blanks, each of a length approximating the length of the doors to be included in a packageand of a width exceeding the combined width of thewidest door of a series and the depth of a package to contain the maximum number of doors of that series to be ineluded, increasing each blank to provide a plurality of panels running the length ,of the blank, one panel of the width of the doors to be included in a package, one, of the depth of the package, and a third panel to close on a margin of the, package, in wrapping said blanks about the package of doors in overlapped relation,--in applying a binding member about said blanks to secure them in place upon the package,'in' then closing each end of'the package by a strip which is wrapped about the said end and I overlapped upon itself, said strip being overlapped on one side on'the end of the main blanks and on the other side extending beyond the end of the package, in applying a binder about said strip to secure it in place on the package, and in then slitting said strip beyond the doors, foldingthe severed I parts of said strip into overlapping relation against theends of the doors and securing them in such'overlapped relation against the ends of the package of doors. 7

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I 'affix'my signature this 17 day of July, A. 111926. HARRISON B. \VALIER. 

